Wow – we have really been pounding the pavement on this whole trip. I must be used to little kid pace because I come back to our hotel everyday completely pooped. Barcelona has been great. I try to pronounce gracias with a th sound in the middle, but I feel silly. Luckily the Spanish people…

Well our time in Paris came to end quickly and now we are in Barcelona. We discovered that it’s not a bad thing to get lost in Paris but it is easy to do. You can’t navigate by a few big imposing churches and monuments because there are big imposing things to see in every direction.…

Talking to Bea in the Jardin des Tuileries: